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brianna keilar, thanks so much from capitol hill this morning. >>> scary. to know something like terrorist is so close to you. it is a shock. big shock. very scary. >> very scary. very surprising. luckily, it stopped. got raided, that's good. we're safer now. >> neighbors are breathing a sigh of relief after federal agents with the terror task force raided several buildings no new york. they were carrying out search warrants in queens as part of an ongoing investigation. it is unknown how many people were taken into custody. new york senator charles schumer talked about the severity of the threat. >> there were some rumors that the terrorist act was imminent. that is not true. second, there was some speculation that the raids were related to president obama's visit to new york, because they occurred at the same time. that is not true. >> two other sources tell cnn, now, the timing of the president's trip was taken into consideration. >>> hollywood loses a star, a wife loses her husband of 34 years. we are remembering patrick swayze this morning. >>> i'm rob
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brianna keilar, what are you learning? >> reporter: the price tag $856 billion according to senator max baucus who put this out. that's on the more than $100 billion less than any of the other bills that we have seen in congress at this point. also, the main -- i guess the main point of this proposal is that health care cooperative, the nonprofit health care cooperative, this is an alternative to that government run insurance plan. the so-called public option and of all of the plans congress is looking over right now this is the only one that doesn't have that public option. also, i want to talk about a couple flash point topics. there were some sticking points in the last few days that republicans in so-called gang of six on senate finance committee had concerns about and we're trying to find a resolution to even though they are not yet on board with this plan. there is some language in the summary about that. for instance, no federal funds for abortions. there will be no mandate for private insurers to cover abortion bey
brianna keilar, what are you learning? >> reporter: the price tag $856 billion according to senator max baucus who put this out. that's on the more than $100 billion less than any of the other bills that we have seen in congress at this point. also, the main -- i guess the main point of this proposal is that health care cooperative, the nonprofit health care cooperative, this is an alternative to that government run insurance plan. the so-called public option and of all of the plans...
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brianna keilar has been following this. brianna, my understanding is we have it our first look at the bill. >> reporter: that's right. the bill came out, heidi. this is a summary of it. 17 pages. this just came out online a few moments ago. the bill is 223 pages. i want to highlight some of the key points in senator baucus's proposal. as expected that health co-opt, the nonprofit health cooperative instead of the government-run insurance option, that is key in here. as well ending discrimination based on pre-existing conditions and health status. and eliminating annual and lifetime limits on the amount of basically coverage you can get for your health insurance plan. and of course another key is expanding medicaid, so that it covers more low income americans. now, this right here, this summary and the bill that this summary is based on, at this point it does not have republican support. this is senator max baucus's and max baucus's alone. it's signature that he doesn't have the buy-in. at the same time the negotiations cont
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brianna keilar is joining us our washington bureau. the question for you is where we stand with regard to the public option in congress. >> reporter: well, heidi, democrats are so eager to hear what president obama is going to say on wednesday. but as a whole, i would say the rhetoric is starting to move away from the so-called public option. certainly some liberal members of the house, as you heard ed reference there, are not moving away from it, but speaking in terms of an average. so in the senate, we've known this for some time now, there is a look of support, not only among republicans but among key democrats like nebraska senator ben nelson. he indicated that they could support what's being called a trigger for a so-called public option a government-run insurance plan. >> i think he has to say if there's a public option it has to be subject to a trigger, in other words, if somehow the private market doesn't respond the way that it's supposed to, then with t. would trigger a public option or government-run option, but only as a fa
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let's go live to brianna keilar on capitol hill. a lot of hard work ahead for chairman baucus. >> reporter: right now he's talking with the democrats and the republicans on the senate finance committee one day after unveiling his very detailed draft of a bill. let's talk about some of the issues and concerns that democrats have because they're not all on board and there are a lot of criticisms that they are leveling at senator baucus' plan. the big one that we're hearing over and over this morning from senators as they go into this meeting is this issue of affordability. not only making sure that this plan allows health care -- they call it bending the cost curve. the cost of health care skyrocketing. they want to make sure that they can sort of bring that back to earth. and then the other question of this on affordability is the federal government providing enough assistance to low income americans so that they really can afford health insurance. either by expanding medicaid and covering more low income americans or through this id
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the latest from congressional correspondent brianna keilar. let's talk about the house democrats, can't seem to get on the same page. what's the matter? >> that's true for rank and file democrats also true for house democratic leaders. whip james clybourn, the number three democrat in the house, has essentially suggested that democrats agree to downsize the public option. the government run insurance plan. listen to what steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house, and house speaker nancy pelosi, what they said late yesterday. >> i'm not one of those that says if you don't have a public option it's not a good bill. i think it's a very good bill, i any the public option makes it much better. >> i do believe that in order to pass a bill in the house we will have a public option. this is the legislative process. >> one microphone, two different opinions how essential a public option is to passing this bill in the house, fred rea ka. >> the senate side we're learning about max baucus' plan and a new 10:00 a.m. deadline he's imposing. what's
the latest from congressional correspondent brianna keilar. let's talk about the house democrats, can't seem to get on the same page. what's the matter? >> that's true for rank and file democrats also true for house democratic leaders. whip james clybourn, the number three democrat in the house, has essentially suggested that democrats agree to downsize the public option. the government run insurance plan. listen to what steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house, and house speaker...
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brianna keilar in washington. after months of waiting for the senate finance committee to put out its proposal for a health care overhaul, the committee's chairman, max baucus, at least, drafted within. what can you tell us about it. >> reporter: senator baucus taking into account hours of negotiations that we have followed so closely, has finally put together a formal proposal and circulated it among the bipartisan members of the so-called gang of six. this is just a group that's been seen as the best chance for bipartisan compromise on health care reform in the senate. so, here's what it includes. a nonprofit health care cooperative, as we expected, instead of a got-run insurance plan or public option, and then the big tax that would pay for part of the overhaul is a tax on cadillac health insurance plans high-end insurance plans that some say encourage consumers to overuse health care. the price tag here, tony, less than $90 billion. this is actually about $100 billion less than the other bills before congress.
brianna keilar in washington. after months of waiting for the senate finance committee to put out its proposal for a health care overhaul, the committee's chairman, max baucus, at least, drafted within. what can you tell us about it. >> reporter: senator baucus taking into account hours of negotiations that we have followed so closely, has finally put together a formal proposal and circulated it among the bipartisan members of the so-called gang of six. this is just a group that's been...
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instead of talking about backing their president, brianna keilar on a party that may be uniting, and what it means for the future of health care. >>> remembering the attacks of 9/11 eight years later. victims' families will take their first steps on the long-waited memorial plaza in new york city today and mayor michael bloomberg joins us from ground zero to tell whus we'll finally have a new edition to the new york city skyline. >> we haven't seen an attack since, but why? the last administration was slammed for some of the steps it took after 9/11. were those steps successful, or are we just lucky? our ""spies among us" series takes a look. >>> president obama spoke to joint session of congress. liberal democrats are now backing down and vowing to back the president them spoke after the president called the public option a preferred, but nonessential element of overhauling the nation's health care system and urged all sides to come together. >> i am confident a plan that we've put ford is the right plan for the american people. i continue to be open to suggestions, and ideas from a
instead of talking about backing their president, brianna keilar on a party that may be uniting, and what it means for the future of health care. >>> remembering the attacks of 9/11 eight years later. victims' families will take their first steps on the long-waited memorial plaza in new york city today and mayor michael bloomberg joins us from ground zero to tell whus we'll finally have a new edition to the new york city skyline. >> we haven't seen an attack since, but why? the...
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brianna keilar, our congressional correspondent this morning. thank you. we do want to hear from you on this. do you think the president was successful in making his pitch for health care reform last night? go to our blog, tell us what you think. cnn.com/heidi and post comments there or you can always call the hotline to heidi. that number is 1-877-742-5760. >>> we've asked some of you what you think about the president's health care pitch. we have some new poll numbers to tell you about. we'll hear from some people who work in the actual health care industry on the front lines of this fight. we'll talk to them in a moment. >>> new efforts today to force south carolina governor mark sanford out of office. cnn has learned a group of state republicans is expected to seek a party resolution now calling for the embattled governor to resign. yesterday a majority of house republicans wrote to sanford demanding he step down. the governor says i'm staying. all of this follows sanford's admission in june of an extra marital affair with an argentine woman. >>> unbek
brianna keilar, our congressional correspondent this morning. thank you. we do want to hear from you on this. do you think the president was successful in making his pitch for health care reform last night? go to our blog, tell us what you think. cnn.com/heidi and post comments there or you can always call the hotline to heidi. that number is 1-877-742-5760. >>> we've asked some of you what you think about the president's health care pitch. we have some new poll numbers to tell you...
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quickly now to our congressional correspondent, brianna keilar. brianna, if you would, tell us what came out of the meeting? >> reporter: well, no major developments, tony. this was their last meeting of the week. they're going to be meeting again on monday. but you really get the sense the timeline here is starting to tighten. max baucus, the chairman of the senate finance committee, from where all of these democrats and republicans hail, he said that he is going to be putting the finishing touch ies on a bill b the middle of next week or the end of next week by the latest. this is the time when the entire senate finance committee will start voting on, september 21st, and senator baucus said the window for republicans to come on board, for goims and republicans to find a bipartisan compromise, it's closing. >> it's understood that we have to start making decisions. because we need to get it put together monday for mark, early part of the week, or early part of next week. >> does that mean monday is the next day that you expect the six to sit down
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brianna keilar and suzanne malveaux. appreciate it. thank you. we invite you to join the conversation as well on our blog. what do you want to hear from the president tonight when he goes before a joint session of congress to talk about his health plan? once again. here's the address. cnn.com/tony. and of course we'll bring you the president's prime time speech on health care reform live. again, his address before the joint session of congress begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern with the best political team right here on cnn. more and more of you are filing sadly for bankruptcy. personal finance editor gerri willis is in the house to talk about that. first, let's look at the numbers on wall street. dow up for most of the morning and up at this moment. dow up 31 points. we're following these numbers throughout the morning and day even with susan lisovicz right here in the cnn "newsroom." whether i'm at the batting cages... down by the lake or... fishing at the shore. i'm breathing better... with spiriva. announcer: spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled m
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all right, brianna keilar, capitol hill, thanks so much. and of course if you want to read the baucus proposal for yourself, find a comfy chair and get your browser and send it to cnn.com. >>> and ahead in the newsroom, cnn's gerri willis looks at what health reform may mean for your family's finances. >>> the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, both known to any u.s. president. but for a while last hour president and mr. obama set aside politics to focus on sports, specifically u.s. olympians and paraolympians and chicago's bid to host the 2026 team summer games. maybe there was a little bit of politics involved. the first lady, a chicago native plans to be in copenhagen next month when the ioc chooses between tokyo, madrid and rio day janeiro. this was supposed to be sarina williams' book tour, but instead it's become an apology tour. today on cnn's "american morning," williams offered another mea culpa. >> well, yeah, like i said, everyone has things that they do and everyone has momentses and no one is perfect. and everyone could
all right, brianna keilar, capitol hill, thanks so much. and of course if you want to read the baucus proposal for yourself, find a comfy chair and get your browser and send it to cnn.com. >>> and ahead in the newsroom, cnn's gerri willis looks at what health reform may mean for your family's finances. >>> the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, both known to any u.s. president. but for a while last hour president and mr. obama set aside politics to focus on sports,...
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brianna keilar, capitol hill this morning. thanks so much. it's been closed for so long. >>> president obama will make his health care pitch to that special joint session of congress tomorrow night. we will cover it for you beginning at 8:00 eastern. >>> in case you haven't turned on the tv lately, we have been spending a lot of time on problems with with health care in this country. today is the first day of school in lots of places and it reminds us that the education system has some serious problems, too. our blog question today for you is this. which needs more attention right now? do you think it's health care or do you think it's education? you can go to cnn.com/heidi and tell us what you think. >>> let's led over to rob marciano now for an update on tropical storm fred. a short name. does that mean it will be short lived? >> that would be nice. i like the way you think, heidi. we'll try to squeeze the life out of fred here but quickly developed off the coast of africa. cape verde islands 300 miles southwest of there heading to the west
brianna keilar, capitol hill this morning. thanks so much. it's been closed for so long. >>> president obama will make his health care pitch to that special joint session of congress tomorrow night. we will cover it for you beginning at 8:00 eastern. >>> in case you haven't turned on the tv lately, we have been spending a lot of time on problems with with health care in this country. today is the first day of school in lots of places and it reminds us that the education system...
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our congressional correspondent, brianna keilar, is on capitol hill. what is the latest on this story? >> reporter: we're expecting a vote for a resolution of disapproval for congressman joe wilson for heckling president obama wednesday night. we expect that sometime later this afternoon. we don't know the exact time. this is one of the things right now that democrats are talking about in a caucus meeting where all of the democrats in the house have gotten together to talk during their regular weekly meeting. republicans are saying that this is just democrats trying to score political points. they are planning on raising questions when there is some debate ahead of this vote, questions about why is congress wasting time on a vote like this when they should be talking about health care, and democrats charge back, tony, that health care is on the top of their minds, but they don't want to let a precedent stand that it's okay on the house floor for a member of congress to shout at the president, tony. >> yeah, and, brianna, this idea of a rebuke, a censur
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brianna keilar on capitol hill. appreciate it. thank you. >>> president obama's message today at noon is for kids to stay in school. so, one question we're asking, is the dropout rate getting better or worse around the country? josh levs is here. he's tracking that for us. what are you finding? >> the numbers have changed big-time. we had the list of which cities have had the most improvement and which are falling the furthest behind. >>> not all schools will be tuning into the president's back-to-school message today. some districts in the virginia area won't air the speech. others will allow teachers to show it only if they notify parents in advance. here's what some parents and students at richmond had to say about the speech. >> it's one of the first presidents to talk to kids about school and i think it's very -- it's something good that kids can listen to. >> when i was a kid, it would have been a big deal to have the president come and address school children but given the political climate we live in now it's a tough call
brianna keilar on capitol hill. appreciate it. thank you. >>> president obama's message today at noon is for kids to stay in school. so, one question we're asking, is the dropout rate getting better or worse around the country? josh levs is here. he's tracking that for us. what are you finding? >> the numbers have changed big-time. we had the list of which cities have had the most improvement and which are falling the furthest behind. >>> not all schools will be tuning...
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let's bring in brianna keilar. senator max back us is ready to mark ahead. >> the chairman of the senate finance committee, heading up the bipartisan talks, told the other members of the so-called gang of six he will be coming to them with a proposal. sources tell cnf, if not today, then tomorrow after congress reconvenes after the month-long break. we hope to see this group of six with a best chance for bipartisan compromise. but the window of opportunities for the senators to have an impact is starting to have an impact. he is obviously prepared to forge ahead whether the key committee's proposal is on the table. >> ben nelson from nebraska was on "state of the union ""this weekend and said he could support the trigger option for the public option, if insurance companies could not bring people under, that the trigger mechanism could start a public option. let's listen to what he told john. >> people in nebraska already concerned that we've been rushing things through, and if we went to some sort of a parliamentar
let's bring in brianna keilar. senator max back us is ready to mark ahead. >> the chairman of the senate finance committee, heading up the bipartisan talks, told the other members of the so-called gang of six he will be coming to them with a proposal. sources tell cnf, if not today, then tomorrow after congress reconvenes after the month-long break. we hope to see this group of six with a best chance for bipartisan compromise. but the window of opportunities for the senators to have an...
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let's turn to your congressional correspondent, brianna keilar. she's up on capitol hill watching the fallout. the fallout, brian na, has been significant. >> it has, wolf. a lot of the talk here on capitol hill today was about whether president obama was able to achieve what he wanted with this speech. whether he was able to push democrats to move forward on health care reform. but that outburst, it was the water cooler moment that made a little known republican now infamous. amid a skrum of cameras and reporters, south carolina congressman joe wilson tried to explain himself today. >> it was spontaneous. it was when he stated, as he did, about not covering illegal aliens. >> reporter: when president obama told congress wednesday night that a democratic health care overhaul will not cover illegal immigrants, wilson shouted from his seat, accusing the president of lying. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie! >> that's not true. >> reporter: the unusual outburst drew boos from democrats and the gl
let's turn to your congressional correspondent, brianna keilar. she's up on capitol hill watching the fallout. the fallout, brian na, has been significant. >> it has, wolf. a lot of the talk here on capitol hill today was about whether president obama was able to achieve what he wanted with this speech. whether he was able to push democrats to move forward on health care reform. but that outburst, it was the water cooler moment that made a little known republican now infamous. amid a...
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cnn's brianna keilar is on capitol hill again this morning. brianna, we talked to you yesterday when max baucus' plan was first was made public. what are we going to see happen here? >> he'll be meeting with the finance committee, and senator max baucus along with his staff behind closed doors will be walking the republicans and the democrats through this plan that we started talking about yesterday. and they are expected to get some questions. so we're going to be waiting outside of there, heidi, trying to figure out exactly what concerns were raised, what's really weighing on these senators' minds. and certainly this plan is getting hit from the left by some democrats, who want a public option. this plan does not have one. it's a nonprofit health co-op system. also, some democrats and even some republicans who are concerned that it's not going to do enough to make health care affordable for some lower income americans. also, there are some republicans on the right, there are concerns that this plan costs too much, as well the discomfort with
cnn's brianna keilar is on capitol hill again this morning. brianna, we talked to you yesterday when max baucus' plan was first was made public. what are we going to see happen here? >> he'll be meeting with the finance committee, and senator max baucus along with his staff behind closed doors will be walking the republicans and the democrats through this plan that we started talking about yesterday. and they are expected to get some questions. so we're going to be waiting outside of...
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brianna keilar on the hill. we'll also be speaking with a top republican in the house of representatives, john boehner. he has some strong words on a lot of this. stay tuned because today could be a day full of a lot of political surprises. the vice president, joe biden, pulls off one. he's made a secret trip to iraq. he visited baghdad to meet with u.s. troops and iraqi leaders, but the headline of the surprise visit marred by violence, at least right now. we have an exclusive report from our cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. he's in baghdad. chris, talk a little bit about this surprise. what happened? you're the only television correspondent traveling with the vice president right now. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, wolf. you know, when we got on the plane, left out of andrews air force base, we didn't even know where exactly we were going or when we would get there. this is one of those secret trips, not like going to london or paris or visiting allies like that, so it was all kept very hush-hush.
brianna keilar on the hill. we'll also be speaking with a top republican in the house of representatives, john boehner. he has some strong words on a lot of this. stay tuned because today could be a day full of a lot of political surprises. the vice president, joe biden, pulls off one. he's made a secret trip to iraq. he visited baghdad to meet with u.s. troops and iraqi leaders, but the headline of the surprise visit marred by violence, at least right now. we have an exclusive report from our...
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brianna keilar, cnn, capitol hill. >>> well, this ability your grandma's t.e.a. party, after crisscrossing the country, the tea bus tour has rolled into connecticut for two rallies and then it's on for new jersey before wrapping up tomorrow with a big rally in washington. the conservative group said it's trying to bring real change to the federal government and it's calling for americans to oppose higher taxes, bailouts and what it sees as out-of-control government spending. >>> you might call it a dueling bus tour. the group organizing for america has also taken its message on the road alling for americans to support president obama and his plans for the country. here's cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian. >> reporter: they came to life selling a candidate. now they're selling his message. >> hi. we are looking for support for obama's health care policies. >> reporter: organizing for america is trying to recapture the glory days of the obama campaign. once a grassroots operation, the network now has the muscle of the democratic national committee, with st
brianna keilar, cnn, capitol hill. >>> well, this ability your grandma's t.e.a. party, after crisscrossing the country, the tea bus tour has rolled into connecticut for two rallies and then it's on for new jersey before wrapping up tomorrow with a big rally in washington. the conservative group said it's trying to bring real change to the federal government and it's calling for americans to oppose higher taxes, bailouts and what it sees as out-of-control government spending....
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congressional correspondent brianna keilar at her post on capitol hill. elaine, let's start with you. let's start with strategy. what's the president's strategy moving forward? he certainly was out this morning talking health care reform with members of the american nurses association. >> reporter: that's right. surrounded by members of the nurses association. the president tried to reiterate his case that health care reform needs to get done now. he said nurses understand full well. they are on the front lines of the health care fight and they know the urgency of the situation. the president also repeated that he intends to press ahead with a bill with or without republican support. take a listen. >> now is the time to act. i will not permit reform to be postponed or imperiled by the usual ideological diversions. we don't need more partisan distractions. if there are real concerns about any aspect of my plan, let's address them. if there are real differences, let's resolve them. but we have talked this issue to death. year after year. decade after decade
congressional correspondent brianna keilar at her post on capitol hill. elaine, let's start with you. let's start with strategy. what's the president's strategy moving forward? he certainly was out this morning talking health care reform with members of the american nurses association. >> reporter: that's right. surrounded by members of the nurses association. the president tried to reiterate his case that health care reform needs to get done now. he said nurses understand full well. they...
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brianna keilar is working her sources this morning. what are we going to see? >> reporter: instead of a public option, john, it includes a health cooperative approach. this is a nonprofit health co-op approach. we're not surprised it's not a public option. and it would be governed by the patients that it serves. so this is the key element of the proposal that senator max baucus will be talking over with a key group of democrats and republicans, the supreme court gang of six that he has been working with for months trying to forge a compromise. they'll be meeting this afternoon. this baucus proposal expands medicaid. right now, medicaid covers children up to 5 years old, covers pregnant woman below the poverty line and up to one-third above it. under this proposal, that would be expanded to include all people who are up to one-third of the poverty level so more kids and even adults who do not have children. there's the big question, of course, john, how do you pay for it? as you mentioned, a tax on the priciest plans, a tax on those cadillac plans, high-end plan
brianna keilar is working her sources this morning. what are we going to see? >> reporter: instead of a public option, john, it includes a health cooperative approach. this is a nonprofit health co-op approach. we're not surprised it's not a public option. and it would be governed by the patients that it serves. so this is the key element of the proposal that senator max baucus will be talking over with a key group of democrats and republicans, the supreme court gang of six that he has...
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brianna keilar for us, thanks, brianna, appreciate it. >>> rapper kanye west admitting to jay leno what much of america already knew. that his outburst at the mtv video music awards show during taylor swift's acceptance speech was a big mistake. >> my entire life, i've only wanted to give and do something that i felt was right and i immediately knew in this situation that it was wrong and it wasn't a spectacle or just, you know, it's actually someone's emotions, you know, that i stepped on and it was very -- it was just -- it was rude, period. you know, i would like to able to apologize to her in person and, you know, i'm going to. >> so, when did you know you were wrong? was it afterwards, as you were doing it? when did it strike you, uh-oh? >> like, as soon as i gave the mike back to her and she didn't keep going. >> all right. well, there you go. he's scratching his head, a lot of people are too, actually. he's had a string of outbursts in the past. he told leno, though, that he thinks he needs to take some time off to analyze how he's going to improve. >> you think he would know it
brianna keilar for us, thanks, brianna, appreciate it. >>> rapper kanye west admitting to jay leno what much of america already knew. that his outburst at the mtv video music awards show during taylor swift's acceptance speech was a big mistake. >> my entire life, i've only wanted to give and do something that i felt was right and i immediately knew in this situation that it was wrong and it wasn't a spectacle or just, you know, it's actually someone's emotions, you know, that i...
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keilar from west columbia. you're in the room where this news conference is going to happen. local press, national press, what's going on? >> reporter: there's a couple national media outlets here. we're waiting for the local media to show up. we're expecting that joe wilson will take his -- it's time to move past it, time to get on with the work that he has been put in washington to do. and this is a news conference. it's not a town hall. he's expected to be taking questions from the media, not from his constituents. but really we don't know what to expect from the crowd. the announcement of this meeting has gone out on local radio, local tv, so people around here certainly know. and this is very much a republican area about a stone's throw from springdale, the hometown of congressman wilson. we've spoken with a few people in the area. while a lot of them say it was not the proper venue to shout out at president obama, a lot of them told us they share their sentiment. >> embarrassed and proud of him. one more
keilar from west columbia. you're in the room where this news conference is going to happen. local press, national press, what's going on? >> reporter: there's a couple national media outlets here. we're waiting for the local media to show up. we're expecting that joe wilson will take his -- it's time to move past it, time to get on with the work that he has been put in washington to do. and this is a news conference. it's not a town hall. he's expected to be taking questions from the...
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cnn's brianna keilar sets the stage for us. i was shocked to hear that this thing is getting partisan. go figure. how serious is it? >> reporter: are you really shocked, kyra? you are not shocked. you are not. >> i was trying to subtly getting into just teeing you up here. >> reporter: no. we are expecting this could be a partisan showdown. i actually just got word from a house democratic leadership aide that we could be seeing a vote possibly on this resolution really here in not too long. possibly ahead of 2:00, maybe a little after, maybe in the 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern range, so we are trying to figure that out. but, you know, i just want to talk, kyra, a little bit about just how serious this is. because a lot of people have wondered, you know, how big of a deal is this? this is essentially like a public slap on the wrist. this is like being called out in front of your class, if you're in elementary school, and the teacher kind of making a bit of a spectacle of you. because, actually, the house of representatives has a wh
cnn's brianna keilar sets the stage for us. i was shocked to hear that this thing is getting partisan. go figure. how serious is it? >> reporter: are you really shocked, kyra? you are not shocked. you are not. >> i was trying to subtly getting into just teeing you up here. >> reporter: no. we are expecting this could be a partisan showdown. i actually just got word from a house democratic leadership aide that we could be seeing a vote possibly on this resolution really here in...
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our cnn congressional correspondent brianna keilar joins us live. what did max baucus offer instead? >> reporter: as expected the key element of senator baucus' plan is this health care cooperative syst system, non-profit co-ops governed by the patient they serve, and this plan is based on the month and months of negotiations between key democrats and republicans on the senate finance committee, seen as the best chance of getting a bipartisan deal on health care reform, but this proposal was actually put together by senator baucus himself to see if this group, this gang of six, can reach an agreement in the coming days, suzanne. >> brianna, as part of the plan to expand medicaid? >> this is part of the plan. right now medicaid covers children up to the age of 5 and pregnant women below the poverty level and one-third above it, so under this proposal it would cover everyone whose income is up to one-third above the poverty level, including more children and also adults who do not have children themselves, suzanne. >> how is he going to pay for this,
our cnn congressional correspondent brianna keilar joins us live. what did max baucus offer instead? >> reporter: as expected the key element of senator baucus' plan is this health care cooperative syst system, non-profit co-ops governed by the patient they serve, and this plan is based on the month and months of negotiations between key democrats and republicans on the senate finance committee, seen as the best chance of getting a bipartisan deal on health care reform, but this proposal...
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. >> all right, brianna keilar for us on capitol hill. before we go, let me ask you, what are the hangups on both sides of the aisle? >> reporter: liberal democrats have an issue they think there is not enough coverage perhaps for low income americans, middle class americans, maybe the package needs to be bigger than the $880 billion that max baucus is proposing and most importantly they are kind of upset that it doesn't include a public option. this is the one bill in congress that doesn't. it includes a health care co-op. senator grassly actually wants to decrease the overall cost, has a couple issues, wants to make sure federal money isn't used for abortions and make sure federal money would not subsidize coverage for illegal immigrants. >> thanks for that. coming up we're going to talk health care and more with two of the best political minds. james car industrial and ed rollins. >>> former president jimmy carter is speaking out against some of the big health care protests at a town hall in atlanta. carter said that racism is behind m
. >> all right, brianna keilar for us on capitol hill. before we go, let me ask you, what are the hangups on both sides of the aisle? >> reporter: liberal democrats have an issue they think there is not enough coverage perhaps for low income americans, middle class americans, maybe the package needs to be bigger than the $880 billion that max baucus is proposing and most importantly they are kind of upset that it doesn't include a public option. this is the one bill in congress that...